The vases were found sealed under a layer of ash and pumice from Mount Vesuvius’ devastating eruption of 79 A.D. and it appears they were just ready to be fired.
They were dropped and abandoned, along with the kilns, after frightened potters saw a pine tree-shaped column of smoke bursting from Vesuvius on Aug. 24, 79 A.D.
Reaching nine miles into the sky, the column began spewing a thick pumice rain. Like many Pompeii residents, the scared potters probably rushed in the streets, trying to leave the city.
Story: Rosella Lorenzi, Discovery News | Photo: Laëtitia Cavassa
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